Start Woody Marks or Chris Rodriguez Jr.? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Woody Marks over Chris Rodriguez Jr.
- BUF D vs RB
- 33.9
- 7th most to RBs (2026)
- CLE D vs RB
- 16.3
- 11th fewest to RBs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Woody Marks over Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 1.
Neither player has a posted player market for this week, so this call is ADP and news based rather than priced against the betting market. Drafters take Woody Marks at ADP 130 and Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 141.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Woody Marks in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Woody Marks and HOU host BUF.
BUF allowed 33.9 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 7th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 102 yards and 2 touchdowns against BUF and caught passes for 17 more yards.
Chris Rodriguez Jr. and JAX host CLE.
CLE allowed 16.3 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 11th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 121 yards and no touchdowns against CLE and caught passes for 22 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Woody Marks has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Woody Marks was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Chris Rodriguez Jr. was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Woody Marks played 16 games for HOU and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.
He ran 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 yards.
He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Woody Marks, Week 18 of 2025 against IND: 10 carries for 48 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards, 6.8 PPR points.
Woody Marks, Week 17 of 2025 against LAC: 44 of 65 snaps, 19 carries for 71 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 8.5 PPR points.
Woody Marks, Week 15 of 2025 against ARI: 15 of 67 snaps, 7 carries for 30 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards, 10.8 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB27 · HOU · bye 8
2025 vs catches line 3-7
- Overall rank
- 55
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
RB43 · JAX · bye 7
2025 vs anytime td line 6-7
- Overall rank
- 167
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board112
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 10
- Board size244 draftable players
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